Flash Flood — Tate, Mississippi

2011-04-27 · near Savage, Tate, Mississippi

Event narrative

Heavy rain produced flash flooding all across Tate County. Numerous roads were flooded as a result. A school bus accident occurred as a result of the flooding which resulted in seven injuries.

Wider weather episode

A stationary front remained draped across Southern Missouri into Western Kentucky from April 24th, 2011 into April 25th, 2011. A very warm and unstable atmosphere was in place across the Mid-South ahead of the front. A low pressure system developed along the front and interacted with the unstable environment which helped produce several rounds of severe storms into the evening of April 26th, 2011. As a result of the severe storms, the front sank south during the early morning hours of April 27th, 2011 as a secondary low pressure system developed along the front. As a result, another round of severe storms fired during the afternoon hours ahead of the low pressure center. Additional severe storms fired along the trailing cold front. Tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding occurred as a result of the severe storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 301986. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.